Noida: Residents of Gaur Sportswoods, a society in Sector 79, Noida, have organised their annual sports championship for the second time. The event, which was started from November 9, saw some 300 residents registering for over 15 sports events under 25 categories.
The major attraction of the championship this year are family sports events like spoon race, sack race, tug of war, kho kho and kabbadi. Over 100 residents, along with their families, will be participating in various events.
The finale of the championship will take place between December 1 and 15.
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Talking to CitySpidey, a resident of the society, said, “Ours is a new society and sports gives us a chance to come out, play, meet with our extended family and give a rush to our competitive juices to win the tower trophy.”
Both young and old residents of the society will also participate in several races of 100 meters to 300 meters. The other matches at the sports event are volleyball, basketball, football, table tennis, lawn tennis, carrom, chess, snooker, pool, badminton and cricket (for both men and women). For cricket, Wonder Cricket Ground in Sector 74 has been booked.
The tower trophy will be decided upon tallying gold and silver medals of participants from different towers, one of the members of the organising team, said.
A lot of time was spent in scheduling of games and other arrangements like booking of ground and getting sponsors, he added.
“Last year, the tower trophy was won by Tower D when only 185 residents participated in the sports meet. This year, we have a larger audience and participants which we would like to see increasing further,” the organiser said.
